Swing



J. H. SKEEL.

SWING.

APPLICATION nuzu FEB.6.1919.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919 1 29. J. 1 &\ W

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JOHN H. 0F PARKEBSBURG, IOWA.

SWING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

Application filed February 6, 1919. Serial N 0. 275,363.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN h. SKEnL, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Parkersburg, Butler county, Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in swings, and the object of my improvement is to supply positively-actuated means operable by the rider of a childs swing for easily swinging it without inconvenient or unnecessary movements or uncomfortable or injurious positions on the riders part.

This object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, in perspective of my improved swing, with a portion of one element broken away, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the swing, with one element thereof shown in cross-section.

Similar numerals of reference denote like parts throughout the several views.

My improved childs swing may be suspended from any suitable support, such as a cross-beam 1, which latter maybe part of a doorway. The numeral 2 denotes a block secured removably to the under part of the beam 1 by bolts 3 or other fasteningqneans. At one end of said block a pair of spaced depending like hangers 5 are suspended pivotally on a pivot-bolt 4, and between their lower ends the upper end of a bar 7 is adjustably secured by bolts 6 passed through certain of bolt-holes 23 for longitudinal adjustment. Another pair of hangerbars 8 are in a like manner adjustably mounted on the lower'end of the bar 7 by bolts 9 passed through certain of said orifices 23. These connected elements provide a swinging member, whose parts may be readily disassembled for packing or transportation, or assembled in a desired length of adjustment, as may be necessary to accommodate the swing to different heights of overhead supports 1.

Any desired form of body 12, carrying a seat 13, may be secured between the lower ends of the bars 8 by means of screws 11 or the like. Between the bars 8 the body 12 is vertically channeled at 14 to'seat a vertically slidable rod 20, carrying on its lower extremity a cross-bar 21 secured by a rivet 22, and formed into oppositely-directed stirrups.

Above the body 12, the overlapped bars 7 and 8 are transversely orificed to receive the cross-bar 10, providing oppositely extending handles.

A bearing-strap 18 is fixedly mounted on the upper part of the bar 7 and carries a rotatable sheave 17. A screw-eye 15 is fixed 1n the under face of the block 2 at a suitable distance from said pivot-bolt 4. The upper end of a pull-cord 16 is secured to said screweye 15, thence carried about the sheave l7 and downwardly, with its lower end secured in an orifice 19 in the upper end of the rod 20 above said body 12. I

A rider on the seat 13, with feet placed on the stirrups 21, and grasping the handles 10, can readily swing the body 12 by successive actuations or depressions of said stirrups. The rigid rod 20 which carries said stirrups, slides up and down in the channel or bearmg orifice 14, thus localizing the movement of the stirrups in line with the rigid connected swing suspension parts 5, 7 and 8, so that only th minimum effort is required of the rider without lost motion or side sway of said stirrups. The alternate actuations of the stirrups and the rod 20, causes the pull-cord 16 to act upon the sheave l7 movably to swing said rigid suspension parts 578 with the body 12 to and fro, for the rigid members 57 support the sheave 17 as a fulcrum suitably for the positive actuation of the swing.

This construction of the device saves excessive effort on the part of the rider, who may also preserve a comfortable position while swinging, without over-balancing or danger of falling off.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In combination, an elevated support, a rigid elongated hanger hung swingingly on said support, a seat-carrying body rigidly mounted on the lower end of said support and having an orifieed slideway alined with said hanger, a sheave rotatably mounted on the upper part of said hanger, a slide-bar mounted slidably in said orificed slideway and having cross-bar stirrups fixedly mounted on its lower end beneath said seatcarrying body, and a cable having its upper end secured to said support at a location spaced from. the connection of the hanger thereto, thence passed about said sheave, and 10 Signed at Parkersburg, Iowa, this 21st 15 day of January, 1919.

JOHN H. SKEEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,.by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

